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  1. Acker79

    [Football] Article: How the Premier League can save the world from VAR

    I didn't think this would need to be spelt out like this: I didn't hold fire on my goal celebration. I celebrated with everyone else. No one is claiming at that point they were thinking, 'hang on what's going on?', so it should be obvious my reply wasn't referring to that immediate moment...
  2. Acker79

    [Football] Article: How the Premier League can save the world from VAR

    As I said before, as there had been a delay I deduced that they were checking for an infringement of some kind - based on what I'd seen I assumed it was querying had the ball gone out before Burn got to it, was there an offside or a foul? Didn't really matter what specific offence it is, doesn't...
  3. Acker79

    [Football] Article: How the Premier League can save the world from VAR

    I genuinely don't think that's true, on two fronts: 1) the idea that refereeing was better in the past is that classic 'things were better when...' factor where people remember the past as better than it was, and the fact that their decisions weren't analysed nor were they questioned - I...
  4. Acker79

    [Football] Article: How the Premier League can save the world from VAR

    I don't really get this whole 'we don't know what's going on!' claims. We do. The balls gone in the goal, kick off pretty much as usual? The VAR checked the goal and it was obvious there were no issues, so it was confirmed quickly. The balls gone in the goal, kick off is being delayed? The...

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